I don't know. Why don't you just burn a copy of the installer using your normal disk copying software, and then try to startup from that copy and see if it works or not. Then report back here and tell us what happened.

If it can startup from the copy then it's pretty much a certainty that it's a perfect copy and would be able to run an OS X install if you ever need to rely on a backup copy of a damaged or lost OS X installer DVD.

I usually make backup copies of my discs and use them instead of the originals, in case somethign should ever happen. If you use Disc utility, you can make an exact copy of the installer disc. Just choose the Top level of the the disc drive (not the actual volume), and copy it that way. If you choose the volume, it won't be bootable for some reason. But this works for sure, I did the same with my Leopard DVD. I took it out of the packaging, made the copy, and put it back, then used the copy to install on my computer.

I was installing server2003 on a box at work using the actual product cd on an HP 1u (can't remember what model) but anyway... it had a slim dvd drive, the same as on a laptop, when I went to pull the disc out, it cracked in half. I wasn't being rough, I took it out how I normally would... if we'd have not had a backup disc, I'd have been screwed.

After that I switched to using the backups instead of the actual product discs.

I was installing server2003 on a box at work using the actual product cd on an HP 1u (can't remember what model) but anyway... it had a slim dvd drive, the same as on a laptop, when I went to pull the disc out, it cracked in half. I wasn't being rough, I took it out how I normally would... if we'd have not had a backup disc, I'd have been screwed.

After that I switched to using the backups instead of the actual product discs.

This topic was already covered in this thread. Short answer is that since the Leopard install disk is a hybrid (Mac/Win) disk, it won't copy correctly unless you take some special steps. See the other thread for details.

This topic was already covered in this thread. Short answer is that since the Leopard install disk is a hybrid (Mac/Win) disk, it won't copy correctly unless you take some special steps. See the other thread for details.

i just used isobuster in windows to create a .tao file of the leopard install dvd... renamed file and extension to leopardbackup.iso and burned with imgburn to dl disc... autoruns boot camp driver install in windows and works perfect in mac os x too

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